I have been looking for a way to carry extra ammo for my bolt action rifles while in the field that would not be as noisy as the plastic MTM ammo boxes. I have heard of people using the plastic inserts that Federal uses in their packaging, or the ammo wallets / rolls. I was thinking of trying to sew my own roll that would carry 50 rounds of ammo, that could be tossed in a pack and carried. I made some measurements for both .223 and .308 and decided they would be huge and probably not work real well. I tried to put some foam in the top of the MTM boxes, but it was either too loose, or felt like I was putting pressure on the loaded rounds.
Then I had an epiphany, a magazine. I am sure others have probably done this, or thought of it, but it had never crossed my mind. I don’t recall ever seeing this done by anyone, but I can’t be the first person to have thought of this. I have a couple of 20rd PMags I got for my coyote hunting AR-15, and I kept the caps that go over the feed lips figuring it might help keep crud out of the mag. I pulled one of the PMags out, along with my .223 bolt action rifle and then realized the PMag would fit inside the Eagle stock pack with room to spare for tools and a DOPE card. I know this won’t work for a .308 or anything else bigger than a .223, but figured I would pass it along here as someone might find it a useful tip. Obviously bolt action rifles that use a detachable magazine already use this concept, but I had never thought of using a magazine as a way to carry ammo for a non-detachable magazine fed rifle. Even if you don’t use a stock pack or for bigger calibers, you could just carry the magazine in your pack or in a mag carrier.
Here are some pics to show the PMag in the stock pack:
Mag and pack
Mag IN pack
Partially zipped
Completely zipped
Completely zipped, another view
Then I had an epiphany, a magazine. I am sure others have probably done this, or thought of it, but it had never crossed my mind. I don’t recall ever seeing this done by anyone, but I can’t be the first person to have thought of this. I have a couple of 20rd PMags I got for my coyote hunting AR-15, and I kept the caps that go over the feed lips figuring it might help keep crud out of the mag. I pulled one of the PMags out, along with my .223 bolt action rifle and then realized the PMag would fit inside the Eagle stock pack with room to spare for tools and a DOPE card. I know this won’t work for a .308 or anything else bigger than a .223, but figured I would pass it along here as someone might find it a useful tip. Obviously bolt action rifles that use a detachable magazine already use this concept, but I had never thought of using a magazine as a way to carry ammo for a non-detachable magazine fed rifle. Even if you don’t use a stock pack or for bigger calibers, you could just carry the magazine in your pack or in a mag carrier.
Here are some pics to show the PMag in the stock pack:
Mag and pack
Mag IN pack
Partially zipped
Completely zipped
Completely zipped, another view
